Stump-puller.



PATENTED APR. 23, 1907,

J. L. JONES.-

STUMP FULLER.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 9, 1906.

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J. L. JONES.

STUMP FULLER.

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STUMP-"FULLEER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 23 1907.

Application filed November 9, 1906. Serial No. 42,5510.

To (.t/Z 'IIfi I/OH'I/ it In/11 3] concern:

Be it known that I, JOSIAH liners Jonas,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Castle, in the county ol Rockingham and State of New lilampshire, have invented anew and Improved Stumpduller, of which the following is .l'ull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in machines .lor' pulling tree stumps, the object being to provide a stump puller on which a motor is mounted and. adapted for use in moving the machine from place to place. and also to furnish power for pulling stumps.

Having hearings in the forward portion of the machine frame is a driving shalt lS that may be operated by any suitable means. I have here indicated a motor ll) mounted on the machine, the said motor being operated as a gas engine or otherwise, and on thissha'l't 1b is a lly-wheel 20. The operation of the motor may be somewhat regulated by means I will describe a stain) ouller embodying I 1 my invention, ano then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

llelerence is to be had to the accompau ing drawings forming a part of [his speeilication, in which similar characters ol relerence indicate corresponding parts in all the ligures.

Figure 1. shows in plan a stump puller embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereoi' partly in section; Fig. I; is a plan of a lilth wheel and steering nua-hanism employed; Fig. 4 is a section on the line -1 of Fig. 5;; Fig. 5 shows a l'asleuing block that i may be employed l'or attzwhing a cable to stumps; and l igs. 6 and T are detail views showingdill'erent waysol' attaching the cable.

Referring to the drawings. 5 designates the frame ol' the machine which may consist of any suitable material. in case the .lraine 'is made of wood it may be strengthenedby a band or rod 6 of metal which engages around rangement the strain upon the cable is di the outer side of the frame or is sealed in a channel therein, and the rear end ol the rod receives the shalt ol' the winding drum to he hereinafter described, so that the st rain on the winding drum will not bear wholly on the woodenframe. llhercar port iouol the lraine is supported by wheels 7 which are rigidly connected to the axle h. and at the l'orward end the frame is supported by a. steering wheel 9 having its axle hearings in hangers 10 depending l'rom a fifth wheel ll arranged for rotary motion on the under side ol' the frame, the said rotary motion being around a king bolt- ILZ. As a means [or turning the lilth wheel and consequently shilling the steering wheel, the sail lil'lh wheel is provided with a segment rack 13 engaged by a pinion 1-! on the lower end ol' :1 shalt 15 which extends upward and is provided with a hand wheel 16 within easy reach of an operator on a seat 17 mounted on the machine.

of a i'rielion lever 31. attached to the machine and adapted to be pressed downward by loot power upon a collar 32 aboye said shall: also on the shalt [S is a pinion 23 meshing with a gear wheel '2 on a counter shalt and on this eounier shall 25 is a pin-- ion .20 meshing with a gear wheel 27 loosely mounted on the axle ti. lligidly conniwted lo the gear wheel :37 is :1V pinion 28 meshing with a gear wheel 29 on a shaft 30 extended transversely ol the machine frame and movable lengthwise on the shalt Ill). but adapted to rotate therewith is a pinion 31. As here shown, the pinion 31. engages with an annular portion 3:2 on said shalt and it may be moved lengthwise ol' the shalt to engage it with. iii-disengage it l'rom the drum gear wheel by means oi a lever 33 mounted lo swing on the l'rame and having a forked end engaging in the channel formed-in the hub portion 34 ol said pinion 3.. When the machine is in operation for pulling the stump the pinion 31 is to be moved into mesh with the gear wheel 35 on the shalt $56 of the winding drum 37. it will be noted in Fig. 1 that the drum :37 has a spirally disposed channel 38 in which the pulling cable 23$) is guided and by this arvided equally on its several strands.

hen it is desired to move the machine from one place to another, the gear wheel 37 is to be placed in locked connection with one of the wheels 7. This locking device consists ol a latch rod 40 moyablo in guides carried by a spoke of the gear wheel 27 and having its end turned outward to be engaged with a pin -l-l, also on said spoke to hold the locking latch out of engagement with the hub and against the resistance of a spring 422 which tends to l'oree the latch toward the hub to hold the same in engagement with any one ol' a series ol non-hes it; formed in the wheel hub.

in the operation the machine is to be anchored in any suitable manner. l. have here shown a rope or cable it extended from the front of the frame and adapted to engage around a stump 45. The pulling cable 39 is i will be rotated.

then engaged with the stump to be pulled. Of course, at this time the latch connection between the gear wheel 27 and the main wheel? will be out of its locking position and the pinion 31 in mesh with the gear wheel 85, so that upon starting the motor the drum When the machine is to be taken from one place to another the pinion 31 is to be shifted out of engagement with the gear wheel 35 and the gear wheel 27 locked to the supporting wheel 7. Then, of course, the motor will cause a forward move- Inent of the machine. The pulling or drawing cable may be attached to a stump by any suitable means. Preferably, however, to prevent possible breaking thereof, I employ a segmental block 46 around which one end of the cable may be secured and on this block is a hook 47 for engaging with the cable passed around the stump, as indicated in Fig. 6. In some instances it may be nec' essary to pass the cable around the sheave 48 attached to a short rope or cable 49 which is passed around the anchoring stump, as indicated in Fig. 7. I

It will be noted'in Fig. 3 that one side of thefifth wheel 11 is cut away to permit the passing therethrough of the gear wheel 24.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

loosely mounted on the axle of the rear wheels, means for locking said gear wheel to one of said wheels, a connection between the countershaft and the gear wheel, a transverse shaft on the frame, means for connecting the gear wheel with the trans verse shaft, a winding drum carried bythe frame, and a releasable connection between the winding drum and the transverse shaft.

2. A stump pulling machine, comprising a frame, rear supporting wheels therefor, a front supporting and steering wheel, a driving shaft on the frame, a pinion on said driving shaft, a counter shaft, a gear wheel on the counter shaft 'meshing with said pinion, a pinion on the counter shalt, a gear wheel loosely mounted on the axle of the rear wheels, means for locking said last-named gear wheel in connection with one of the said wheels, a pinion carried by said gear wheel, a transverse shaft on the frame, a gear wheel on said transverse shaft meshin with said pinion, a pinion movable lengthwise on the transverse shaft but adapted to rotate there with, a winding drum carried by the frame, and a gear-wheel on the shaft of the driving drum adapted to be engaged by said lastnamed pinion.

In testimony \\"hereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSIAH LUCUS JONES.

witnesses:

GEORGE EDWIN SMITH, Janus NQRRISS YOKE. 

